a pledge of aid

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• Pledge to Africa Act — The Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa Act (in full: An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act ), was a bill introduced as C 9 in the third session of the 37th Canadian Parliament. It was the first implementation of the TRIPS… …   Wikipedia

• pledge — pledgeable, adj. pledger, n. pledgeless, adj. /plej/, n., v., pledged, pledging. n. 1. a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war. 2. something delivered as security for the… …   Universalium

• pledge — [[t]plɛdʒ[/t]] n. v. pledged, pledg•ing 1) a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid[/ex] 2) something delivered as security for the payment of a debt or fulfillment of a promise 3) the state of being… …   From formal English to slang

• pledge — /plɛdʒ / (say plej) noun 1. a solemn promise of something, or to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid. 2. a piece of personal property delivered as security for the payment of a debt or the discharge of some obligation, and liable… …  

• pledge — pledge1 [pledʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(promise)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(something valuable)¦ 4¦(us colleges)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plege, from Late Latin plebium, from plebere to pledge ] 1.) ¦(PROMISE)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pledge — [[t]ple̱ʤ[/t]] ♦♦♦ pledges, pledging, pledged 1) N COUNT: usu N to inf When someone makes a pledge, they make a serious promise that they will do something. The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the… …   English dictionary

• pledge — 01. In some ESL programs, students are required to sign a [pledge] to speak only English for the duration of their course. 02. Do you [pledge] to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? 03. The politician [pledged] to lower… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Anti-prostitution pledge — The U.S. government requires NGOs that receive federal anti HIV/AIDS or anti trafficking funds to adopt an organization wide policy opposing prostitution and sex trafficking. This requirement, known as the anti prostitution pledge, has been in… …   Wikipedia

• Nightingale Pledge — The Nightingale Pledge is a traditional pledge that was taken by new nurses. Named after Florence Nightingale, it was composed by a committee chaired by Lystra Gretter, an instructor of nursing at the old Harper Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and …   Wikipedia

• Nightingale Pledge — Le Nightingale Pledge (ou Comité Nightingale) était composé par un groupe dirigé par Lystra Gretter, formatrice en soins infirmiers au Harper Hospital à Détroit, Michigan, États Unis d Amérique. Il a été instauré dès le printemps 1893 dans le but …   Wikipédia en Français

• Dead pledge — Dead Dead (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[ a]d; akin to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English